Politics & Society

President Peres’ Guinness World Record

President Shimon Peres broke the Guinness World Record when he delivered the largest ever online civics class in February 2014.

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When Israel’s “demographic time bomb” started ticking

Nimrod Lin, a doctoral fellow in history at the University of Toronto, tracks back the emergence of the demographic discourse in Zionism.

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Homogenizing Israelis for justice!

The government has decided to reduce the degree to which it sorts Israelis by their ethnic identity in reporting family expenses.

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Ehud Barak 2.0

Mysterious billboards have started appearing in Israel, prodding former Prime Minister Ehud Barak to run again.

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Edifying Zionism: Richard Kaufman, a pioneering architect

Kaufmann was hired in 1920 as the chief planner of the Zionist community. He single-handedly shaped the landscape of modern Israel.

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Shoshana Levy’s life less ordinary

Shoshana Levy is nearly 88 years old, and she has led quite a life. Her story is a fascinating study in identity, loyalty and memory.

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ISIS: The old-new face of radical Islam

A discussion with Dr. Ori Goldberg, a scholar of political Islam and lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, analyzes the Islamic State group.

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